Introduction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that between 1 039 000 and 1 185 000 people in the USA are infected with HIV, and approximately 75% are aware of their infection and 25% are not.
February 18, 2010 â Editor's note: Pediatric respiratory emergencies result from a variety of causes, including chronic medical conditions, infections, allergic reactions, and obstruction from foreign bodies.
The potential causes of cardiac arrest in children are numerous. Complications from respiratory. conditions, underlying cardiac abnormalities, trauma, and chronic preâexisting conditions can all. progress to cardiac arrest. Respiratory Causes. Most often, cardiac arrest in children is the result of a primary respiratory cause. Breathing conditions. such as anaphylaxis, apnea, aspiration, asthma, bronchiolitis, epiglottitis, drowning, pneumonia, respiratory syncytial virus, smoke inhalation, and suffocation can quickly deteriorate into respiratory. failure.